An orphaned Chinese girl stands in a crib at a foster-care center in Beijing. China's orphanages and foster homes used to be filled with healthy girls, reflecting the country's one-child policy and its
preference for sons. Now the vast majority of orphans are sick or disabled.

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Fago falls at the open ditch of "Supporting The Everton in the Community Steeple Chase," spilling jockey Barry Fehilly during the Grand National horse racing meeting in Aintree, England.

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China adds a carrier to its fleet: Eighty-year-old retiree Wen Yuzhu spent months building a model aircraft carrier in Qingdao to fulfill the wish of his grandson.

Spidey running for office: In Mumbai, the "Indian Spiderman" files his nomination for one of the city's six Lok Sabha constituencies. Gaurav Sharma, a
former police martial arts trainer who has scaled almost all the tall buildings in the city,
wore his costume for the occasion.

If you have cut-rate insurance, you might not be covered: Pablo Loza puffs on his cigarette as he looks at the rear window of his car following a hailstorm in Denton, Texas. The hailstones were as large as softballs.

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Man overboard rescued: A newly released March 31 photo shows Andrew Taylor before being rescued during the Clipper
Round the World Yacht Race. Taylor, 46, spent two hours in the frigid waters of the North
Pacific after falling from the 70-foot yacht, the Derry-Londonderry-Doire. He says he
never gave up hope of being rescued because he knew his fellow crew members were well-trained for such an emergency.

Unfortunate break: Tony Sanchez turns his bat into kindling during a Cubs-Pirates game in Pittsburgh. The ball popped up to Cubs reliever Pedro Strop, who caught it and threw
to first to complete a game-ending double play.

As long as her hair looks good, who cares about a dirty dress? A racegoer uses her cell-phone camera to check her coif on the opening day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse in Aintree, England.

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The winking baby killer: Arthur Morgan III winks at cameras as he is led off to jail
after being found guilty of the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Tierra Morgan-Glover, in Freehold, N.J. In November 2011, Morgan tossed Tierra
into a creek near the Jersey shore while she was still strapped into her car seat.

Dangerous job: An Afghan man carries election materials on his shoulders as he hikes back
to his village along a country road high in the mountains of Shutul District in northern
Afghanistan. Afghans were to vote Saturday in presidential elections to choose a successor
to Hamid Karzai. The Taliban has vowed to disrupt the election and threatened to kill those
who attempted to vote.